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Changing Display Resolution of Surface Pro 3 when Docked/Undocked

I recently got a Surface Pro 3 for work. I have it connected with two external monitors and and using the Surface in the dock as a third monitor. The monitors are set for 1920x1080 and text is ...
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How to disable GPU scaling on Windows when drivers provide no such option

Alternative questions: Disabling screen stretch under lower resolutions on Windows. Force matching screen resolution to display pixels 1:1. Full story: quite often (especially for older apps) ...
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Jagged/bad quality resolution after attaching second monitor

I have a 2560 x 1440, 144 Hz monitor and a 3840 x 2160, 144 Hz monitor. I use a Geforce RTX 4070 TI. The monitor with the lower resolution used to provide good quality when it was combined with a full ...
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Where is resizing done when non native resolution is used on LCD screens - in the drivers or by the monitor itself?

Where is done image resizing/upscaling when a non native resolution is used on a LCD/IPS/OLED, any fixed resolution screen? Is it done by the OS, by its drivers, or by the monitor itself? Let's say my ...
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How to change screen's DPI scaling automatically when switching to multi-monitor setup?

I have a 14" 1920×1080 laptop and a 24" 1920×1200 screen. The pixel density difference is huge. When I'm using the large screen as a main one and laptop as an additional screen, I'd like ...
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Windows 10 Scaling Issue with Java 11 Application

We have recently upgraded an application which has been using Java 8 but was upgraded to Java 11 during the process. Now we are faced with the following problem: Users are working on a HiDPI Laptop (...
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Is there any way to account for higher DPI scaling in case of Windows internal utilities

Because of high resolution of my displays I have to turn to using higher DPI scaling (125% and 150%). Windows 10 is smart enough to take it into account when rendering most of the program windows, so ...
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Blurry distorted text and icons

So my text and icons look blurry, distorted and It also looks like small top portion of letters are being cut off by like 1 pixel. But the thing is that 20% of right side of the screen seem normal, ...
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What could be the reason for difference in clarity on two different displays with approximately same DPI?

I have two displays - LG 22" monitor (22MP68VQ) which has a FullHD resolution (1920x1080) with DPI = 100. Contents are displayed without scaling. Lenovo X1 carbon 6th gen laptop screen (14")...
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Windows 8 on MBPr won't scale full screen games

I run Windows 8 via Bootcamp on a 15" Macbook Pro Retina (with Nvidia GT750M). When I open any game that runs full screen, the game will typically force itself to use native resolution (2880x1800) or ...
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Is there a way to limit display resolution options in Windows 10?

I'm trying to find out if it is possible to restrict or edit the list of possible resolutions offered in the Windows 10 Display Settings. I would want to make sure that if the user changes the ...
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Display / Browser resolutions

On a Lenovo thinkpad 15", I have a resolution of 1920x1080. Windows 10 recommends a 125% scaling on the laptop screen. I expected a screen-width (in pixels) of 1536px but this system gives me ...
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Is it possible to change display scaling to 150% via command line?

I found this batch file and it gets me close Is it possible to change display scaling via command line?_ . I'd like 1 batch file that gets me to 150% without any more clicking than a batch file ...
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All desktop icons became rectangles instead of squares on Windows 10

I have changed some scaling back and forth to chose the one I like best and as a side effect I got all windows icons to become rectangles instead of ordinary squares. They also take enormous amount ...
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Display resolution and scaling

I have a 27" monitor with 3840x2160 resolution. I use 150 % scaling, does my monitor fit the same amount of information as a 2560x1440 monitor? I consider getting ultrawide so I can keep two ...

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